County profile ยท Missouri
Working from home in Polk County, MO
9.3% of workers in Polk County usually work from home, about 1,315 of 14,094 people. That is 3.7 points below the Missouri average of 13.0%. It ranks 44 of 115 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Missouri remote work page.
Work from home
9.3%
Rank in MO
44 of 115
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,315
Mean commute
28.1 min
Polk County compared with Missouri and the US
| Metric | Polk County | Missouri | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.3% | 13.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.5% | 74.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 0.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 28.1 min | 23.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 9.4% | 11.6% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 9.2% | 14.5% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 14,094 | 2,959,377 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone78.5%
Worked from home9.3%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Macon County9.8%
- Harrison County9.7%
- Ripley County9.7%
- Oregon County9.5%
- Cole County9.2%
- Linn County9.1%
- Cape Girardeau County9.0%
- Lafayette County9.0%
Largest counties in Missouri
- St. Louis County18.3%
- Jackson County15.8%
- St. Charles County18.0%
- Greene County11.4%
- St. Louis city17.0%
- Clay County15.9%
- Jefferson County11.5%
- Boone County9.8%